WEATHERLY is one of three boats built for the 1958 Cup Defense; she is solidly built, with extensive use of laminated mahogany in the keel, the stem and the stern pieces, at her best in light airs. The laminated construction is approved by Lloyds as the scantling rules do not mention such type of construction; after demonstration and discussions by Al Masson in charge of construction and arrangement plans, the modification is accepted. In the Defender Trials she is eliminated but four years later both Rhodes and Luders collaborate in radical interventions: the stern is cut, weight reduced above deck and the wetted surface reduced by the hull; about the structure and transferred to a redesigned ballast keel; the boat increases her speed, but the decisive element is the new skipper, Bus Mosbacher. Weatherly wins the Defender Trials and the Cup Match by a score of 4-1 although this result does not picture of the races, remembered among the most exciting and of Gretel capabilities She wins the Queen's Cup (NYYC) and of the Chandler Hovey Gold Bowl in 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1962 - winner of the 1961 Astor Cup.